Iran Surpasses One Million Covid-19 Cases
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published December 03, 2020 | 11:10 PM
Tehran, Dec 3 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Dec, 2020 ) :Iran said its novel coronavirus caseload surpassed one million on Thursday, as the authorities consider easing restrictions in many parts of the middle East's hardest hit country.
The Islamic republic had recorded 49,348 Covid-19 deaths and 1,003,494 infections since announcing its first cases in February, health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said.
In the past 24 hours, the virus caused 358 new deaths in the country with a population of more than 80 million, and 13,922 cases of infection, Lari said.
The number of fatalities appears to have eased slightly in the past few days, however, after soaring to a daily average of more than 400 for much of November.
But some officials -- including Health Minister Saeed Namaki -- admit the government figures are much lower than the actual numbers.
Covid-19 first surfaced in Iran on February 19, when authorities said it claimed the lives of two elderly people in Qom, a Shiite holy city south of the capital.
They were the first confirmed deaths from the disease in the Middle East.
Since then, the authorities have responded by taking a series of measures aimed at halting the spread of the virus.
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